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Abstract #1304

High-Resolution Imaging of the Superficial Cranial Arteries Using Highly-Parallel Receive Coils

Chris A. Cocosco1, Julia Geiger2, Frederik Testud1, Adriana Komancsek1, Thorsten Bley3, Matthias Weigel1, Maxim Zaitsev1, Bernd Jung1, Jrgen Hennig1, Ute Ludwig1

1Dept. of Radiology, Medical Physics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 2Dept. of Radiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; 3Dept. of Radiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Giant-cell arteritis is the most common vasculitis. MRI is a powerful tool for the depiction of the inflamed cranial arteries, but in a clinical setting this requires sub-mm resolution and fast measurement times. We evaluated the performance of two high-end receive array coils for the imaging of superficial temporal and occipital arteries wall in healthy volunteers on a 3T clinical scanner. The results show clearly improved imaging performance is achieved with the more focused coverage of an experimental 95-channel head coil compared to the commercially available high-end head coil.

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